SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis
This study thoroughly investigates the influence of poverty-related characteristics of poor households, such as socioeconomic, livelihood and distance characteristics, on their decision to seasonally migrate from the Tharparkar district of Sindh province to nearby districts where seasonal livelihood...
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| author | Musharaf A. TALPUR Shameem Akhtar MARI |
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| description | This study thoroughly investigates the influence of poverty-related characteristics of poor households, such as socioeconomic, livelihood and distance characteristics, on their decision to seasonally migrate from the Tharparkar district of Sindh province to nearby districts where seasonal livelihood and employment opportunities exist in irrigated agriculture. The study was carried out using multi-stage cluster sampling and data was collected through face to face interviews using a questionnaire. We estimated a binary logit model and subsequently tested hypotheses about the influence of those poverty-related characteristics on poor house-
holds’ seasonal migration. Our hypotheses testing results exhibit that poverty among the households, existing in their low household income, indebtedness, child labour, lack of access to drinking water and health services, are the major factors behind seasonal migration. To encounter the adverse effect of poverty on seasonal migration, we suggested several policy measures overall related to food security, water availability and economic opportunities, such as access to interest-free credit, livestock marketing, and promotion of handicrafts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d41bfa94f4284c208fe8f4be27542fe22022-12-21T19:17:48ZengApplied Economics Research Centre, University of KarachiPakistan Journal of Applied Economics0254-92042519-04312021-12-01Vol.31 No. 2Winter 2021209230SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical AnalysisMusharaf A. TALPUR0Shameem Akhtar MARI1ssistant Professor, Sindh Development Studies Centre (SDSC), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, PakistanPhD Scholar, Sindh Development Studies Centre (SDSC), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, PakistanThis study thoroughly investigates the influence of poverty-related characteristics of poor households, such as socioeconomic, livelihood and distance characteristics, on their decision to seasonally migrate from the Tharparkar district of Sindh province to nearby districts where seasonal livelihood and employment opportunities exist in irrigated agriculture. The study was carried out using multi-stage cluster sampling and data was collected through face to face interviews using a questionnaire. We estimated a binary logit model and subsequently tested hypotheses about the influence of those poverty-related characteristics on poor house- holds’ seasonal migration. Our hypotheses testing results exhibit that poverty among the households, existing in their low household income, indebtedness, child labour, lack of access to drinking water and health services, are the major factors behind seasonal migration. To encounter the adverse effect of poverty on seasonal migration, we suggested several policy measures overall related to food security, water availability and economic opportunities, such as access to interest-free credit, livestock marketing, and promotion of handicrafts.http://www.aerc.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Paper-961-A.-TALPUR-VI-1.pdfseasonal migrationsocio-economiclivelihooddistance characteristicsbinary logit modelpoverty. |
| spellingShingle | Musharaf A. TALPUR Shameem Akhtar MARI SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics seasonal migration socio-economic livelihood distance characteristics binary logit model poverty. |
| title | SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis |
| title_full | SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis |
| title_fullStr | SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis |
| title_short | SEASONAL MIGRATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN: An In-depth Empirical Analysis |
| title_sort | seasonal migration in tharparkar district of sindh province pakistan an in depth empirical analysis |
| topic | seasonal migration socio-economic livelihood distance characteristics binary logit model poverty. |
| url | http://www.aerc.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Paper-961-A.-TALPUR-VI-1.pdf |
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